Bear paw clam

Bear paw clam

Taxobox
name = Bear paw clam


status = LR/cd | status_system = IUCN2.3
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Mollusca
classis = Bivalvia
ordo = Veneroida
familia = Tridacnidae
genus = "Hippopus"
species = "H. hippopus"
binomial = "Hippopus hippopus"
binomial_authority = (Linnaeus, 1758)
synonyms =

The bear paw clam, also known as the horse's hoof clam or strawberry clam, "Hippopus hippopus", is a species of large saltwater clam, a tropical marine bivalve mollusk in the family Tridacnidae, the giant clam family.

Distribution

This species is found in American Samoa, Australia, Fiji, Guam, possibly India, Indonesia, Japan, Kiribati, Malaysia, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Myanmar, New Caledonia, Northern Mariana Islands, Palau, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, Samoa, Singapore, the Solomon Islands, Taiwan, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, and possibly Thailand.

ource

* Wells, S. 1996. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/10105/all Hippopus hippopus] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on 07 August 2007.


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